Socio-economic development of agriculture in Akmola region in January 2023
The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
The gross output of agricultural products in Akmola region in January 2023 amounted to 26 047.5 million tenge (IFO - 104.4%), including: crop production - 229.3 million tenge (100%), animal husbandry - 25 815.9 million tenge (IFO - 104.5%).
In total, there are 9169 agricultural formations operating in the region, including: 1996 - legal entities (JSC, LLP, GP, PC), 774 - individual entrepreneurs, 6399 - peasant farms.
Investments in fixed assets of agriculture in January 2023 amounted to 5.1 billion tenge or 72.6% compared to the same period in 2022.
Investments in fixed assets in food production in January 2023 amounted to 3.5 billion tenge or 67.5% compared to the same period in 2022.
The number of employed people in agriculture in the region is 27% of the total number of employed (total employed - 422.3 thousand people, including in agriculture - 114 thousand people).
The average salary in the agricultural sector for 2022 amounted to 227.2 thousand tenge with an increase of 29% compared to the level of 2021 (for the 4th quarter of 2022 - 251.9 thousand tenge with an increase of 32.1%).
State support of the agro-industrial complex
In 2023, the volume of state support to the agricultural sector in the form of subsidies amounts to 45.6 billion tenge, including in the following areas:
- for subsidizing the crop industry - 12.9 billion tenge (pesticides - 9 103.7 million tenge, fertilizers - 3 171.4 million tenge, seeds - 617.5 million tenge);
- 5 billion tenge has been allocated for subsidizing animal husbandry;
- for investment investments, subsidizing processing, guaranteeing and insuring loans - 17.7 billion tenge (investment subsidizing - 16627.7 million tenge, subsidizing the costs of processing enterprises - 1,025.9 million tenge, subsidizing within the framework of guaranteeing and insuring loans - 83.5 million tenge);
- to reimburse the interest rate on loans and leasing - 10 billion tenge.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January 2023, SHTP purchased 73 units of equipment worth 3.7 billion tenge, including:
- combine harvesters - 7 units worth 1.4 billion tenge;
- tractors - 22 units worth 1.1 billion tenge;
- sowing complexes - 5 units in the amount of 0.2 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 39 units worth 1.0 billion tenge.
Animal husbandry
The total number of cattle in all categories of farms in the region as of February 1, 2023 is 479.3 thousand heads (100.2% compared to the same period in 2022), including the number of cows - 228.5 thousand heads (100.6%).
The number of horses was 248 thousand heads (108.7%), poultry - 9 857.7 thousand. heads (105.9%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 622.4 thousand heads (104.5%), pigs - 79.3 thousand heads (84.1%).
The region produced meat in live weight of 16.4 thousand tons (106.9%), milk - 16.2 thousand tons (101.5%), chicken eggs - 54.1 million pieces (90.6%).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
In 2023, it is planned to implement 47 investment projects totaling 48 billion tenge, including:
- 10 projects for the construction of granaries in the amount of 4.1 billion tenge;
- 11 projects to create an ITF in the amount of 9.2 billion tenge;
- 5 projects for the creation of meat farms totaling 0.7 billion tenge;
- 9 projects for processing agricultural products totaling 5.2 billion tenge;
- 4 projects for the construction of poultry farms totaling 19.5 billion tenge;
- 5 irrigation projects totaling 5.5 billion tenge;
- 2 projects on vegetable storage facilities totaling 3.5 billion tenge;
- 1 project for the construction of a fattening pad in the amount of 0.3 billion tenge.
Processing of agricultural products
In Akmola region there are 15 meat processing enterprises with a production capacity of 87.5 thousand tons per year, 14 dairy production enterprises with a production capacity of 137 thousand tons per year, 36 flour milling enterprises with a production capacity of 794.8 thousand tons per year, 8 oilseed processing enterprises with a production capacity of 101.4 thousand tons per year (in 2022, a large high-tech plant for processing oilseeds of Bota-2015 LLP with a capacity of 600 tons of raw materials per day was launched, the output of finished products is 54 thousand tons).
In January 2023, food products worth 17.5 billion tenge were produced with an increase of 8.1% compared to the same period in 2022.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry - 61%, dairy - 13%, grain processing - 10%, bread and bakery - 3%, other industries - 13%.
Meat processing
These enterprises and workshops produced 8.5 thousand tons of meat in kind with an increase of 18.6% compared to the same period in 2022, the volume of sausage production amounted to 375 tons, a decrease of 7.4%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 6.2 thousand tons, a decrease of 12.2% compared to the level of 2022, butter produced 159 tons with an increase of 1.8 times, cheese and cottage cheese - 74 tons with an increase of 13.8%, fermented milk products - 566 tons with an increase of 3.7%.
Processing of oilseeds
Vegetable oil produced 3.2 thousand tons with an increase of 3.6 times compared to the same period in 2022.
Flour production
15.3 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, a decrease of 21.3% compared to the same period in 2022.